History YMMV / HomeAndAway

* AwardCategoryFraud: in 2010, Kate Bell was shortlisted and nominated for the TV Week Logie Awards for Best New Female Talent, despite having previously appeared in two full seasons of ''Series/BlueWaterHigh'', starting in 2005.

* HarsherInHindsight: The 2016 storyline in which Alf Stewart collapsed from a heart attack, soon followed by a stroke which put him into a coma, happened to air the same week as the death of ''Series/{{ALF}}''-star Michu Meszaros, also from a stroke.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The 2016 storyline in which Alf Stewart collapsed from a heart attack, soon followed by a stroke which put him into a coma, happened to air the same week as the much-publicised death of ''Series/{{ALF}}''-star ''Series/{{ALF}}''-actor Michu Meszaros, also from a stroke.

* {{HSQ}}: The show's season-ending cliffhangers regularly qualify (such as Sally's stabbing in 2006 or the explosion at the hospital in 2013), as do the show's Olympic cliffhangers (when the show is taken off for two weeks so that Seven can broadcast the Olympic Games) - standouts inclue Sarah holding ten characters hostage at Leah's house in 2004, Elliot kidnapping Geoff and Nicole in 2008.

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* {{HSQ}}: The show's season-ending cliffhangers regularly qualify (such as Sally's stabbing in 2006 or the explosion at the hospital in 2013), as do the show's Olympic cliffhangers (when the show is taken off for two weeks so that Seven can broadcast the Olympic Games) - standouts inclue include Sarah holding ten characters hostage at Leah's house in 2004, 2004 and Elliot kidnapping Geoff and Nicole in 2008.

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) and Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, finds out that her older sister Denny has been murdered by Charlotte King, and then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion, and now Josh is on the verge of being arrested for killing Charlotte).

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* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) and Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, finds out that her older sister Denny has been murdered by Charlotte King, and then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion, and now ''then'' Josh is on the verge of being gets arrested for killing Charlotte).Charlotte and opts to go on the run with his brother).

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) and Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, finds out that her older sister Denny has been murdered by Charlotte King, and then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion, and now Josh is on the verge of being arrested for killing Charlotte.

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* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) and Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, finds out that her older sister Denny has been murdered by Charlotte King, and then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion, and now Josh is on the verge of being arrested for killing Charlotte.Charlotte).** JerkassWoobie: Evie crossed into this after she found out about Josh and Charlotte and chose to blackmail Kat into keeping quiet about it.

* HarsherInHindsight: The 2016 storyline in which Alf Stewart collapsed from a heart attack, soon followed by a stroke which put him into a coma, happened to air the same week as the death of ''Series/{{ALF}}''-star Michu Meszaros, also from a stroke.

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion ''and'' Josh gets arrested for murder on the same day).

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* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) and Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, finds out that her older sister Denny has been murdered by Charlotte King, and then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion ''and'' explosion, and now Josh gets is on the verge of being arrested for murder on the same day).killing Charlotte.

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Current contenders include Spencer (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose) and Jett (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him).

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* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Current contenders Standouts from recent years include Spencer Harrington (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny Miller (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose) and propose), Jett James (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him).him), Skye Peters (loses her sister in a car crash after switching seats with her, leading her mother to blame her and grow distant from her, later turning physically abusive after Skye speaks out about their situation) Evelyn Maguire (loses her mother to cancer, brought into a cult by her father, who is later killed in an explosion after kidnapping her and her brother Oscar, dates the controlling and abusive Tank, who ends up assaulting and blinding her ex Josh after she leaves him, then, after reconciling with and getting engaged to Josh, she loses her brother and her aunt to a gas explosion ''and'' Josh gets arrested for murder on the same day).

** Then, days after having moved in to a new house with her (new) boyfriend, he is involved in a car accident that leaves him comatose.

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** Then, days after having moved in to a new house with her (new) boyfriend, he is involved in a car accident that leaves him comatose. Although given that she cheated on her old boyfriend with him, and had then returned the favour by trying to lose her virginity to said old boyfriend before settling on the town bad boy for [[TheirFirstTime her first time]] after rejecting her old-new-future boyfriend, that particular cutie had been well and truly [[CorruptTheCutie corrupted]] by that point.

* AwardCategoryFraud: in 2010, Kate Bell was shortlisted and nominated for the TV Week Logie Awards for Best New Female Talent, despite having previously appeared in two full seasons of ''Series/BlueWaterHigh'', starting in 2005.

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Current contenders include Spencer (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL)) posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose) and Jett (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him).

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* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Current contenders include Spencer (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL)) [[{{GIRL}} posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny (after losing her boyfriend Casey to a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to propose) and Jett (raised by an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of how old he was, then loses his foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him).

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Current contenders include Casey (killed his criminal father to save someone else, missed his court case due to being kidnapped by his unknown half brother, almost died at said brother's hands, returned in time to be arrested for missing court) and Dex (Car accident left him with brain injuries, almost smothered by well meaning but overbearing doctor father and various combinations of siblings and sibling's significant others, slowly regaining his health only to develop post traumatic epilepsy, and then broke up with the girl he's seriously in love with to keep from holding her back with his health issues)

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* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone at one point or another. Current contenders include Spencer (after being targeted by an online predator [[{{GIRL)) posing as a teenage girl]]), Denny (after losing her boyfriend Casey (killed his criminal father to save someone else, missed his court case due a vengeful drug dealer right when he was about to being kidnapped by his unknown half brother, almost died at said brother's hands, returned in time to be arrested for missing court) propose) and Dex (Car accident left him with brain injuries, almost smothered Jett (raised by well meaning but overbearing doctor father and various combinations an addict mother who couldn't even keep track of siblings and sibling's significant others, slowly regaining his health only to develop post traumatic epilepsy, and how old he was, then broke up with the girl he's seriously in love with to keep from holding her back with loses his health issues)foster mother Gina to a sudden aneurysm right when she and John were about to adopt him).

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